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Friday, May 18, 2012

Those of you who wrote your objections to Thames Tunnel online may have received an email this week announcing that Phase Two Consultations had concluded, but the only thing to download was about something happening in west London...

If you'd copied your objection to Joan Ruddock you may have been kept more-up-to-date, and gotten this, a copy
of Joan's reply to Thames Water after she got advance news...and it's not good news...

I am extremely angry about this decision. While Thames Water say they
have listened they do not appear to have taken any account of the
objections we raised. I am particularly concerned that they acknowledge
in their report that they do not know where St Joseph’s School will
evacuate to and they are still assessing the impact of closing two lanes
of Deptford Church Street; however they also write that “…we believe
that no new information has been highlighted that would change the
conclusions of our site selection process to date. Deptford Church
Street therefore remains our preferred site…”

I have written immediately to the Mayor of London asking him to stand by
his election pledge to oppose the choice of Deptford Church Street.

While Deptford Church Street remains Thames Water’s preferred site there
is still some way to go before it is fully signed off and any work
begins. I want to assure you that I will continue to work with you and
the Don’t Dump on Deptford’s Heart campaign to oppose the use of this
site.

Thanks to Jim for keeping us updated, and reminding us never to trust online consultations...